• Established the Experience Princeton brand, logo, website, and social media presence.• Hosted ribbon cuttings for new businesses.• Partnered with Arts Council on PorchFest attracting over 2,000 people to Princeton.• Organized Princeton Restaurant Week that sold 6,196 meals and generated $174,381 in sales in 2023. Tripled level of sponsorship to over $20,000 in 2024. • Write Princeton Monthly e-blast that reaches 4,304 email addresses with a 48% open rate.• Have responded to multiple distressed businesses connecting them with needed resources and support.• Grown base of volunteers to include 50 people.• Provided technical assistance one-on-one with 125 businesses. Included involving them in promotions and getting press coverage.• Arranged a live shot with News12 at eight locations in Princeton in April 2023.• Successfully advocated to increase the frequency of trash tipping and sidewalk cleaning.• Researched and advocated for update in outdoor dining ordinance for first time in over 50 years to make it more business friendly.• Organized monthly Meetups at locations throughout Princeton that have welcomed over 300 people. • Partnering with Sustainable New Jersey on an energy savings and upgrade program.• Applied for $200,000 in grants. Continuing work to bring outside resources in.

Isaac Kremer is a dynamic speaker who has been featured at regional, state, national and international conferences.• Lean Start-up Guide to Getting Stuff Done on Main Street, Main Street Now, Richmond, Virginia (May 18, 2022)• Benefits of Main Street, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (January 25-26, 2021)• Placemaking for the Win, New Jersey Downtown Conference (January 21, 2021)• Winning Winter webinar, Downtown New Jersey (October 2, 2020)• The Power of Partnerships: Advancing Age-Friendly Communities in New Jersey,” Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest, Whippany, New Jersey (September 20, 2020)• Age-Friendly Communities, New Jersey Future Redevelopment Forum, New Brunswick, New Jersey (March 6, 2020)• Everybody Innovates Here, International Downtown Association Annual Conference, Baltimore, Maryland (October 30, 2019)• Surviving the Retail Apocalypse: Designing Storefronts that Sell, International Downtown Association Annual Conference, Baltimore, Maryland (October 30, 2019)• Lean Livability, Age Friendly Communities Initiative, Garfield, New Jersey (April 23, 2019)• "Catalyst Projects Yield Extraordinary Results for Downtowns," Main Street Now Conference, Seattle, Washington (2019, March)• "How to Help Your Businesses Win at Marketing," Main Street Now Conference, Seattle, Washington (2019, March)• "Lean Livability: Making Lovable Places for $500 or Less," AARP Livable Communities Conference, Charlotte, North Carolina (2018, November)• “Livable Communities 101 Breakout Session,” AARP College 2018, Somerset, NJ (2018, April 21)• "Placemaking: Building It Lighter, Quicker, and Cheaper & Managing It Well," Governor’s Conference on Housing and Economic Development, Harrah’s Waterfront Conference Center, Atlantic City, New Jersey (2017, October)• "Mastering the Art of Bringing Low-Cost Rapid Change Downtown," International Downtown Association, Winnipeg, Canada (2017, September)

• Coordinated strategic planning process and market analysis with support from consultants.• Developed market-based strategies to transform the economy of the downtown area in collaboration with residents, members, and stakeholders.• Designed policy for Public Art program working with a nationally recognized expert.• Implemented several major public art installations working with muralist Stephen Powers from Brooklyn. Another project was the first robot painted mural on the East Coast.• Applied and received support from AARP New Jersey for an alley transformation and parklet demonstration project as part of their Livable Communities initiative.• Organized Win at Marketing Workshop with Senior Corps of Retired Executives to help 17 businesses improve their marketing.• Developed partnership with Metuchen High School, including a Downtown Fellows program to provide direct assistance to downtown businesses.• Hosted several successful Annual Meetings and quarterly Member Meetings that attracted and engaged several hundred people.• Provided technical assistance to over 50 businesses helping them improve storefronts, signage, and visual merchandising.• Oversaw COVID-19 pandemic response, identifying business needs and connecting them with over $12 million of funding.• Managed all communications and public relations, generating over 35 million impressions by local, regional, and national sources.• Maintained contact list and volunteer database with 4,664 names.• Tracked economic performance of district through monthly reports on reinvestment.• Keeper of the culture - responsible for creating engaging and meaningful opportunities for volunteers to get involved downtown.

• Organized year-long planning process that resulted in new strategic plan, philanthropic plan, and first-ever community preservation plan in Kentucky.• Expanded staff from one to 5.5 positions. Directly managed and supervised staff in carrying out work.• Designed city-wide trail system in collaboration with National Park Service Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance program and the University of Kentucky.• Applied, received, and administered $200,000 Recreational Trails Program grant to connect downtown with the Cumberland Gap National Historical Park via a mile-long trail.• Launched pop-up shop for Kentucky artisans and secured over $135,000 for entrepreneurship training.• One of 10 communities to win Levitt AMP contest and $25,000 to hold 10 free concerts on a vacant lot transformed through creative placemaking.• Developed membership and prospect database with over 4,200 names.• Increased number of members and level of giving 5x to highest levels in history of organization.• Surveyed and documented over 250 buildings in the downtown area utilizing RuskinArc.• Organized the first Better Block project in the country to integrate historic preservation planning in 2013, engaged over 100 volunteers in revitalizing a downtown block. • Acquired the 27,000 square foot Elks Home and carried out pre-development activities.• Diversified sources of funding to provide long-term stability and support for the program.• Managed all press relations, social media and external communications for the organization.Achievements:• Secured over $1,025,250 in funding through grants, foundations, and private giving.• Selected as one of 10 national pilot projects for AmericaSaves, helping businesses in historic buildings to achieve cost savings on utilities.• Oversaw growth of over 250 jobs and start-up of more than 25 new businesses.• Named Great American Main Street Award semifinalist and “One to Watch” in 2014.

• Recruited to develop a revolving loan fund and grant program that was subsequently discontinued.• Forged positive partnerships with various volunteers and stakeholder organizations.• Provided guidance to Preservation and Education Committees and advised on historic preservation.• Participated in event planning, fundraising activities, and volunteer recruitment and training.• Researched grant opportunities and identified prospects for various projects.• Coordinated photographic documentation of historic buildings for Wiki Photo Project. Achievements:• Updated guidelines and application for 40-year-old Preservation Award Program.• Finalized Design Guidelines Template for neighborhood and made available to aspiring historic districts.

Sole responsibility for building a fledgling organization into a significant community force, achieving successive growth in membership, the level of giving, and attracting 30 businesses to downtown area with 80% retention rate.• Administered annual budget, tracked expenses, and presented financial reports to Board• Lead liaison with press, public officials, and leaders in the business and philanthropic sectors• Designed and updated website and actively utilized social media to enhance public profile• Implemented ETapestry donor management system to improve fundraising and development procedures• Rejuvenated Board activities by conducting a strategic planning exercise resulting in a new mission, vision and goals and 4 active grassroots committees• Cultivated relationships with major donors leading to strong financial support• Secured and administered a $700K New York Main Street Grant to renovate several buildings• Administered a $70K federal Preserve America grant to create a heritage trail through Oyster Bay• Initiated and managed a successful Farmers Market program with 20+ vendors• Led efforts restoring an historic Octagon Hotel resulting in a $2.5 M investment• Led a 48-hr Better Block event that attracted Billy Joel’s “20th Century Cycles” to village • Named one of “30 Under 30” by the Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce in 2009• Received Nassau County and Town of Oyster Bay Citations for Leadership in 2012

• Facilitated the eligibility of several villages for $3M in funding for community revitalization through the Preserve America program.• Established stakeholder partnership leading to the creation of the Wyandotte Arts Center.• Received a Michigan Historical Marker for the Ford Motor Company Lamp Factory.• Surveyed historic resources in the Potter Street Station neighborhood of Saginaw on behalf of the Saginaw Depot Preservation Corporation.• Participated in relief efforts following Hurricanes Katrina and Rita in Gulf Coast in 2005.• Secured $120K Preserve America grant for an interpretive signage program in Ferndale, MI.

• Served as assistant to the Chair in the Department of City and Regional Planning. • Organized a lecture series bringing leading figures in planning to campus. • Marketed Cornell Urban Scholars summer internship program in New York City. • Attracted a $3 million gift to the College of Architecture from Edgar Tafel, an architect and apprentice to Frank Lloyd Wright.